234 CHARADRIID7E. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor, which 

 has occurred five times : Lanarkshire, previous to 1870; 

 the Scilly Islands, Sept. 1882 ; Cornwall, Oct. 1884 ; Sussex, 

 Aug. 1904; and Kent, Aug. 1908. 



General Distribution. The Solitary Sandpiper breeds in 

 North America, from western Alaska to Ungava and New- 

 foundland, and southwards to about 40 N. latitude. In 

 winter it visits the southern United States, the West Indies, 

 and Central and South America, ranging south to Argentina 

 and Peru. It has occurred in southern Greenland and the 

 Bermudas. Birds from western North America have been 

 recognised as a distinct race. 



Genus MACRORHAMPHUS Forster, Synop. Cat. Brit. 

 Birds, 1817, p. 22. 



Type : M. griseus (Gmel.). 

 MacrorhampTius = with a long beak : from juajcpo's and pd|u0os. 



Macrorhamphus griseus, RED-BREASTED SNIPE. 



Scolopax grisea Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2, 1789, p. 658 : 

 New York. 



Macrorhamphus griseus (Gmel.); J5. O. II. List, 1st ed. 1883, 

 p. 177; Sharpe, Cat. Birds S. M. xxiv. 1896, p. 394; 

 Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 621. 



Griseus = grey. 



Distribution in the British Islands. An Occasional Visitor. 

 It ha? occurred about twenty times in Great Britain : in Fife, 

 Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Middlesex, Kent, Hamp- 

 shire, Devonshire, the Scilly Islands, Lancashire, Cumber- 

 land, Lanarkshire, and Argyllshire ; also twice in Ireland : in 

 Queen's County and Tipperary. All have been recorded 

 between August and October. 



General Distribution. The Red-breasted Snipe breeds in 

 the northern parts of North America, from north-western 



